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General Comment:EMERGENCY DESCENT WARNING DEVICE
?All fixed wing and rotary aircraft registered in the USA or its territories, and any 
aircraft of foreign registry that flies over or lands in the USA or its territories must 
be equipped with an FAA Approved EMERGENCY DESCENT WARNING 
DEVICE.?

NOTES:
The EDWD is a unique sounding horn or siren that is readily recognized as an 
aircraft in distress.
EDWD will be loud enough to be heard on the ground while at an altitude of at 
least 10,000 ft agl and a horizontal distance of at least 10 statute miles.
All EDWD devices will have the same uniform sound.
Initial EDWD will be pilot controlled. Future models may be activated through the 
transponder or some other auto-activation device.

PURPOSE:
EDWD will save lives by giving people and animals time to react to an 
approaching aircraft in distress and take shelter or get out of harms way.

EDWD will allow witnesses to take notice and pinpoint the crash site location, 
enabling quicker response time by emergency personnel, particularly in remote 
areas.